Dexter from the Offspring

The weekend passed in a blur for us.  We were home only long enough to sleep a few hours and shower/change clothes.  Typically, we lead a reasonably quiet existence, spending an occasional evening with friends.  Somehow, this last weekend, tons of people were in town and wanted to hang out, and we couldn’t bring ourselves to say “no.”  Here’s a very exhausting play-by-play of how the weekend worked out.

Thursday – Bored with our usual routine, Andy and I headed out to the Tin Roof 2 – a live music bar in Cool Springs.  It was fine, the guy singing wasn’t as good as Andy’s band, but it was okay by Nashville standards.  Even though we weren’t out past midnight, it was probably not the best idea to go out Thursday knowing what the weekend would hold.

Friday – I used my lunch break to go to lunch with Andy, my best friend Erin and her fiance Taylor, both of whom just graduated law school.  Since Erin and Taylor live in Knoxville, we don’t see them as often as I’d like, so anytime they’re in town we always find time to hang out.  After finishing my workday, we headed downtown to the Merrell Crawfish Boil with our friend Matt to hear Flyleaf and Offspring in concert.  The concert was fantastic, but it had been so long since I’d been to one that I forgot all the things I hate about concerts.  I can’t stand the smoking, the drunk people, the smell of poorly disguised marijuana, and the body odor that comes from a lot of overweight, sweaty drunk people jumping around.  Nevertheless, Flyleaf was really good and Offspring was amazing.  They did a fantastic job and played all the songs we hoped they’d play.  We eventually made it to bed by about 1:30.

Saturday – We were up relatively early to get ready for our friend Alana’s graduation party.  She just graduated from Belmont and Andy’s known her family his entire life so we spent a good chunk of the afternoon hanging out with all the familiar faces at the party.  Once we left the party, we headed to the Cheesecake Factory to meet up with our friend Jeff (who was in town from Knoxville) for dinner.  After some more time hanging out, we got ready to go downtown to meet up with Andy’s friend Rishab, his girlfriend, and a couple of his friends.  We went to Dan McGuinness on Demonbreun and had a few drinks and attempted to make small talk despite the din of loud music and the thick, billowing clouds of cigarette smoke.  We eventually made it home at about 2:30.

Andy and Matt in downtown Nashville

Sunday – Despite my best attempts to sleep in, I was unable to sleep for very long.  Our friend Matt came down to the house in the morning to work on the melody for a song that Andy and I had written together.  Together, the three of us took a few words on a page and turned it into a song.  Once Matt left, we headed to dinner with Jeff one last time before he went back to Knoxville. By Sunday evening we were exhausted and sat on the couch for a couple hours before giving up and just going to bed.

Now the work week is upon me again and at the end of the week we leave for Europe.  I guess I have to stick by the old adage “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” because I’m pretty behind in getting my beauty sleep.  We’ll be packing for Europe and getting ready to go over the next few days, but I hope to get some of the concert pictures posted soon.